Juliancolton Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: Can we not talk about that one on 3/2/18....1.2" for me with that. Did you fare any better with the next storm? I think that was more uniform across the area, but after a season or two, all except the most extreme weather events sort of blend together in my head. That was a good month up here, though... I went 9" - 15" - 6" (ish) with the storms on the 2nd, 7th, and 12th, then picked up another 4" toward the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: Did you fare any better with the next storm? I think that was more uniform across the area, but after a season or two, all except the most extreme weather events sort of blend together in my head. That was a good month up here, though... I went 9" - 15" - 6" (ish) with the storms on the 2nd, 7th, and 12th, then picked up another 4" toward the end of the month. Yes, 12.1" on 3/7/18 with a few other smaller events in the month bringing the monthly total to 22.0" which was well above normal but it could've been that much more above normal LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 4 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Can we not talk about that one on 3/2/18....1.2" for me with that. I can't believe that, I ended up with 8, although I do vaguely remember the heavier precip all around you from that storm but never getting to you. One of the weirder radars I've ever seen if I'm thinking of the correct storm. March 2018 was 43.4 inches for me, the Highland Mills Monroe area seemed to jackpot every storm that month of course topped off with 5.8 on April 2nd. 50 inches in 30 days I shouldn't complain, but I would rather it had happened in December or January and not March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Yes, 12.1" on 3/7/18 with a few other smaller events in the month bringing the monthly total to 22.0" which was well above normal but it could've been that much more above normal LOL Yup, doesn't matter what the numbers say if one knows what they narrowly missed out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: I can't believe that, I ended up with 8, although I do vaguely remember the heavier precip all around you from that storm but never getting to you. One of the weirder radars I've ever seen if I'm thinking of the correct storm. March 2018 was 43.4 inches for me, the Highland Mills Monroe area seemed to jackpot every storm that month of course topped off with 5.8 on April 2nd. 50 inches in 30 days I shouldn't complain, but I would rather it had happened in December or January and not March. Oh it happened, Hudson Valley Weather did a nice breakdown of what was happening in central Orange County and parts of Dutchess as we downsloped and got caught in subsidence between the heavier bands. It was deplorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Was it the first or second storm that month that destroyed my area. We got 8-10 of soggy heavy crap that came down hard and fast then got windy and brought down thousands of trees. The power was out for 5 1/2 days then came on just a few hours before it started snowing again and went out for two more. No heat or running water during the winter sucks ass. Now I have a generator but can't run the well pump with it, at least we can run the heat, fridge and most other stuff. I made a run around the southern Catskills and over the southern end of Shawangunk Ridge. It looks like real winter above about 1k feet and looking north, at the south faces of the high peaks are, it really looks great all snowcapped and heavily rimed. As you get further west past Liberty it's winter for sure rather than the barely winter it is here east of the river at the same elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, gravitylover said: Was it the first or second storm that month that destroyed my area. We got 8-10 of soggy heavy crap that came down hard and fast then got windy and brought down thousands of trees. The power was out for 5 1/2 days then came on just a few hours before it started snowing again and went out for two more. No heat or running water during the winter sucks ass. Now I have a generator but can't run the well pump with it, at least we can run the heat, fridge and most other stuff. The first storm was the really destructive one around here - more tree damage imby than in the Octobomb, even with 1/2 to 1/3 of the total accumulation, depending on how often you measure. A couple of the 75+ year-old Norway spruces that used to have perfect Christmas tree shapes are now forever all straggly-looking. That was the one where I spent the night in Shandaken and nearly couldn't find a passable route home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Wow, the Euro went from 12” at 12z yesterday to 1” for Orange County at 0z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yeah time to get the golf clubs cleaned and the tennis racket restrung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 12f here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: Wow, the Euro went from 12” at 12z yesterday to 1” for Orange County at 0z Was supposed to head up to my fathers cabin near Andes this weekend. Cant afford to get stuck up there if they end up with a lot of snow, and its pointless to go up if we get snow to rain to snow. Bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, gravitylover said: Yeah time to get the golf clubs cleaned and the tennis racket restrung. Meticulously respooling all my reels with the best braided line money can buy, so I can backlash them on my first cast in the spring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 7 hours ago, BxEngine said: Was supposed to head up to my fathers cabin near Andes this weekend. Cant afford to get stuck up there if they end up with a lot of snow, and its pointless to go up if we get snow to rain to snow. Bleh. Don’t let a little rain stop you. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Are there still tickets available for the This Winter Sucks train? Please advise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 27* here on the hill but all around it's 8-10 lower and at KDXR it's 10*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Are there still tickets available for the This Winter Sucks train? Please advise. So far no good. Still holding out hope for a turnaround but the fat lady is definitely warming up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I'll go down with the ship, as is tradition. Besides, as of today it's just 150 days until decreasing daylight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, Hitman said: So far no good. Still holding out hope for a turnaround but the fat lady is definitely warming up. 11 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: I'll go down with the ship, as is tradition. Besides, as of today it's just 150 days until decreasing daylight Clearly its not the worst winter IMBY, we aren't talking the infamous STFU winter of '15-'16 but the constant pushing back of the goal is always frustrating for all. Also I'm wondering if the old weenie trick of reverse psychology works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: Clearly its not the worst winter IMBY, we aren't talking the infamous STFU winter of '15-'16 but the constant pushing back of the goal is always frustrating for all. Also I'm wondering if the old weenie trick of reverse psychology works... Agreed, but this month specifically has a strong claim to suckiest January in memory. +12F through the first half (including only one subfreezing high until the 17th!!) and then when we finally get some seasonably chilly air, it will yield to a drenching 45F rain. My 2.8" total snowfall this month is only nominally less dreadful than the corresponding 2.5" in Jan '16, though I'd argue that snow went to better use, since it was spread out across three wintry days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: Agreed, but this month specifically has a strong claim to suckiest January in memory. +12F through the first half (including only one subfreezing high until the 17th!!) and then when we finally get some seasonably chilly air, it will yield to a drenching 45F rain. My 2.8" total snowfall this month is only nominally less dreadful than the corresponding 2.5" in Jan '16, though I'd argue that snow went to better use, since it was spread out across three wintry days. I kind of consign myself to January sucking. That being said, I'm going to BC in 2 weeks. They have not had a good year snow wise but still had 275" at whitewater with a settled snowpack over 100". I love these avalanche report videos where they get into a snow pit at the summit. weenie heaven 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 52 minutes ago, Hitman said: I kind of consign myself to January sucking. That being said, I'm going to BC in 2 weeks. They have not had a good year snow wise but still had 275" at whitewater with a settled snowpack over 100". I love these avalanche report videos where they get into a snow pit at the summit. weenie heaven I want to have that guy's job. Epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 So in the last three days I've rolled through every significant mountain range within 100 miles of home, The high country of the Taconics and Berks look the most like they should look this time of year but the only snow on the ground is from the storm last weekend so it's thin. Northerly slopes in CT look surprisingly good, I think because the last storm finished with some wet stuff so like by me the snow is packed down better and not all sugary. It's too bad it's about to go away because it's almost there... You know it has been warm though because there is ongoing construction just about everywhere and below 1k you're hard pressed to find fully frozen bodies of water and real winter really is above 1500 other than in select spots especially in the Catskills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Its the Euro so we can lockup the Superbowl blizzard, right? Oh and lets use the Kuchera maps...looking forward to that 21" dumping next Sunday..la, la, lock it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 15 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Its the Euro so we can lockup the Superbowl blizzard, right? Oh and lets use the Kuchera maps...looking forward to that 21" dumping next Sunday..la, la, lock it up! Well the Euro stole 20” from this last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Well the Euro stole 20” from this last night. Not from me. I have weatherlock. Kind of like life lock but for model porn. In fact, I’m going to the supermarket now to stock up before the panic sets in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Hitman said: Not from me. I have weatherlock. Kind of like life lock but for model porn. In fact, I’m going to the supermarket now to stock up before the panic sets in. I never understood how snow gives people cravings for milk sandwiches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 It makes me think of cookies. A lot of things make me think of cookies 35* windy and wet. Ooh boy fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 And the consecutive days with snow cover officially ends today at 7. It's now 24 days for the season, which actually sounds like a lot considering what a horrible stretch the last 5 weeks has been. Here's to hoping next weekend begins a new streak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 22 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: I never understood how snow gives people cravings for milk sandwiches The way some people act you'd never know we lived in an area that averages 50 or so inches of snow a season. We've had three feet of snow from a single storm and at worst case I was not able to go out for 24 hours. Is starvation even a possibility in 24 hours? This is assuming you had nothing to eat in the house until you went out for that milk, bread, and eggs you needed pre-storm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I go for milk, cookies and beer. Yes it would be devastating if I couldn't have these things, especially the cookies and beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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